The media year in numbers – an animated GIF infographic

What better way to depict 2012′s year in media than with an animated GIF infographic? This graphic, currently going viral on social media, is by Yiying Lu, the artist who created the Twitter “Fail Whale.” She created it for data website Visual.ly. Take a spin through it to see what happened by the numbers in politics, sports, Facebook, and more. Click to see it larger.